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20 Friends said Audrey had a complete lack of ego and accepted and appreciated others as they were.(Para.7)

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21 For Audrey it was a paradise where she could hide from the world with her beloved family, work in her garden and take long walks in nature. (Para. 8)

Meaning: Home in Switzerland was a wonderful place to Audrey, where she could escape from the world to spend time together with her dear family, work in her garden and take long walks in nature.

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22 In 1988, Audrey was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF designed to provide emergency food and healthcare to children suffering the destruction of war or other catastrophes.(Para. 9)

Meaning: In 1988 Audrey was selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, which was established to help children suffering from war or other disasters by providing them with food and healthcare.

23 In that role, her lifelong passion for helping those in need, found its greatest calling.(Para. 9)

Meaning: In that role, she found a perfect way to express her lifelong passion for helping those in need.

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24 She turned down three million dollars to pen her autobiography and instead accepted one dollar a year in the more conscientious role as diplomat for UNICEF.(Para. 10)

Meaning: She did not accept an offer of three million dollars to write the story of her life, but accepted the demanding role as a UNICEF ambassador for one dollar a year.

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25 For seven months out of each her last five years, she and Robby left the peace and beauty in their cozy home to embark on outreach trips into some of the most difficult places on earth.(Para. 10)

Meaning : During the last five years of her life, she and Robby left their peaceful and beautiful home and spent seven years each year traveling to some of the most difficult places to provide help.

cozy : a. (BrE cozy) warm and comfortable, and making you feel relaxed ÎÂÅ¯ÊæÊʵģ»ÎÂܰµÄ

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outreach: n. [U] the practice of providing help and advice to people in a community before they have to ask it(¶ÔÉçÇø¾ÓÃñµÄ)Ö÷¶¯Ìṩ·þÎñ

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26 ¡­ Audrey Hepburn traveled representing UNICEF, making over 50 emotionally draining and physically dangerous missions into bleak destinations to raise world awareness of wars and droughts. (Para. 10)

Meaning: As an ambassador of UNICEF, Audrey Hepburn accomplished more than 50 tasks that were not only emotionally demanding but also physically dangerous by going to harsh places to draw international attention about the bad conditions in countries that had suffered from wars and drought.

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27 Having been a victim of war, she understood the blessing of being the beneficiary of food, clothing, and, most of all, hope. (Para. 10)

Meaning: Since she once suffered from the war herself, she understood how

important it was to be provided with food, clothing, and most important thing-hope.

beneficiary: n. [C] sb. who gets advantages from an action or change ÊÜÒæÕߣ»ÊÜ»ÝÕß

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28 Audrey felt it was wicked that billions of children were deprived of simple joys and drowned in overwhelming misery. (Para. 11)

Meaning: Audrey thought it was very bad that so many children were unable to have the necessary food and clothing that they should enjoy, but led a miserable life.

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deprive : vt. (~sb. of sth.) prevent sb. from having sth., esp. sth. that they need or should have°þ¶á

Parents who deprive children of food are wicked, and their children may become

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29 She believed deeply in the ideology that all people share in the duty to care for those in need. (Para. 11) Meaning: She strongly believed that all people have the responsibility to help those in need.

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Audrey Hepburn was always ready to lead by example.(Para.11)

Meaning: At any time, Audrey Hepburn was ready to set a good example for others to follow.

¡ïlead by example: show the people you are in charge of what you want them to do by doing it yourselfÒÔÉí×÷Ôò

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Meaning: She believed that if someone does not treasure childhood, he will not truly get the meaning of life.

She saw UNICEF's work as an integral, sacred force in people's lives and said of UNICEF's results, \who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.\

Meaning: She thought UNICEF's work played an important and necessary role in people's lives and commented on the work by saying that we all should believe in miracles.

Meaning beyond words: The sentence \not a realist\suggests that many people at that time disregarded the work of UNICEF by claiming that it was not realistic and didn't help much in fact. On the contrary, in the eyes of Audrey, realists should believe in their strength to create miracles, and UNICEF's achievement was a good example.

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